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Rest in Peace
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sel_69l...That does make sense...It is rotated, and I know it is not worth anything more as CGCoins said, but as you said, it is curious.
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Looks like someone popped out the brass-plated core and stuck in an older brass core...
It is impossible to be rotated - the ring and core are assembled in the striking chamber and struck with a single reverse and obverse die.
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Rest in Peace
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Well, if they did SPP, they did a good job of it with no scratches...!
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Canada
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Easy to do... just need a wooden dowel and a rubber mallet...
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Rest in Peace
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Funny thing it is a brass plated center...?   |
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Canada
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Not sure if the old "freezer" trick applies to the new Toonies but there seems to be some nice dings on the rim?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
Interesting that someone would replace the new center core with an old one and put it into circulation.
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Rest in Peace
1988 Posts |
canuck1us..That would not make a lot of sense, but it is a brass centre, not an old centre...?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
I meant "brass" by my reference to "old". I was referring to the style rather than the condition.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
The "rim dings" are typical for the new issues of twoonies.
But I agree the swapped core has to be post mint
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Rest in Peace
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Wade...You may be right..But why would some one remove a brass centre and put it back into place, and send it into circulation again..?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
632 Posts |
Why? Because it is fun and easy to do.
... and yes, I also did it many many times - a few just to show off, while sipping beers during a coin show.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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t y: would it be possible to make another, with 90 degree rotation? For fun, make up a few more, and release them into circulation, just for a stir!  
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i wonder if it would be easier to rotate the core without actually taking it out?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I've seen one that this was done. In order to do it without removing the core, you will damage the coin quite a bit as you will need a vice and a set of vice grips. There may be other ways, but the one that I saw was done this way.
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